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Thousands of beef farmers descended on Kilkenny this week to attend an important conference organised to discuss beef production in this country as an industry.

Galway farmers from the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmer’s Association (ICSA) have warned the Government against making any cutbacks to the Agri Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) in the wake of rumours that the scheme is near extinction.

Over the next five years the Marine Insitute in Oranmore and the Institut de Océanographique of Monoco are to further strengthen ties working closely together on research and cutting-edge technology to solve the challenges facing sustainable development of the oceans.

Galway is set to receive a royal visit next week in the form of Prince Albert II of Monaco who will be stopping by the Marine Institute at Rinvelle, Oranmore, at the end of his three-day trip.

“Honesty is not just our best policy, it is our only policy” — poignant words echoed by the new Taoiseach of the country, Enda Kenny, as he made his acceptance speech at the first session of the 31st Dáil.

Some of Kilkenny’s leading business experts came together last Monday, to offer a unique approach to help small businesses ride out the recession.

An innovative green energy jobs conference and open day, ‘Greener Homes and Business Generating Green Jobs,’will be held at the Oranmore Lodge Hotel on Friday May 28.

Local TD Denis Naughten was last week appointed by Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny to a key economic role within the party as chairperson of the parliamentary party’s Economic and Business Affairs Committee.

Enda Kenny’s fellow Fine Gael TDs in Mayo have rowed in fully behind the Castlebar man’s leadership of the party, however there remains some criticism nationally following a meeting of the parliamentary party on Wednesday.

Fine Gael TD Simon Coveney has warned that Ireland may be on the brink of further financial disaster. Speaking in NUI Galway on Monday Deputy Coveney said Ireland is on the verge of yet another massive economic crisis and that is because we are totally overexposed by having to import the fossil fuels that actually drive our economy.